In the different subjects you quickly view multitude of concepts from operations, finance, marketing, strategy, CSR, entrepreneurship, etc. and if it is a modern school maybe a technology course. It is in this subject where I miss something about security and privacy concepts for the times we are in.

Business schools claim that they create the leaders of tomorrow, but in most cases these leaders do not come prepared to address a topic such as security and privacy. A few basic skills are equally required as other areas such as finance, strategy and marketing for the company to enjoy a good health.

No one can deny that almost all the companies in the world use technology on a daily basis through e-mails, corporate blogs, browsing the Internet, social networks, mobile devices or the mythical Cloud, even many businesses use technology as a lever for innovation. But despite all this security and privacy issues are being neglected by top management, big mistake.

If we have learned anything in 2011 is that nobody is safe from being attacked: companies such as RSA, HBGary or Sony have fallen victims of groups such as Anonymous or other attackers using very simple and widely known attacks. These attacks could have been avoided if companies had the appropriate resources and for that those who take decisions must have all the necessary information.

It is true that there are MBA focused on technology or even security specific covering this area but this is not enough. In my view all MBA schools should contain a section with security and privacy concepts, given that it is essential that senior management understand and exercise good security practices.

Similarly, Information and employees are possibly the two most valuable assets of any company that too often are not correctly identified, assessed or quantified, and both assets suffer if the company’s security is compromised with the theft of information: employees discomfort and damage to corporate image, resulting in economic damage that now can be quantified and could affect the P&L.

Business schools do a good work forming leaders but with this article I appeal to incorporate security and privacy concepts in their academic offerings to have more prepared organizations, from top to bottom.